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US 12,710,792 B2Granted
Electronic device enclosure having a textured glass component
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAndi M. Limarga, James R. Wilson, Matthew S. Rogers, Que Anh S. Nguyen, Bijumon Varkey
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Abstract
Textured cover assemblies for electronic devices are disclosed. The textured cover assemblies may provide a combination of optical and tactile properties to the electronic devices. In some cases, a textured cover assembly may be provided over decorative coating.
Claims20
A mobile phone comprising:
- a display;
- an enclosure surrounding the display and including:
- a housing;
- a front cover assembly positioned over the display, coupled to the housing, and defining a front surface of the mobile phone;
- and
- a rear cover assembly coupled to the housing and defining a protrusion and an array of openings that extend through the protrusion, the rear cover assembly comprising:
- a first cover member formed from a first glass material that at least partially defines a textured base region of the rear cover assembly, a surface texture of the textured base region having:
- a root mean square height (Sq) in a range from 0.25 micrometers to 2 micrometers;
- and
- a mean pitch between peaks in a range from 5 micrometers to 20 micrometers;
- an interior coating disposed on an interior surface of the first cover member, comprising at least one color layer, and visible through the textured base region of the rear cover assembly;
- and
- a second cover member coupled to the first cover member, formed from a second glass material, and at least partially defining a raised surface region of the protrusion and the array of openings;
- and
- a plurality of camera modules, each of the camera modules extending into a respective opening of the array of openings.
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A mobile phone comprising:
- an enclosure including:
- a front cover assembly;
- and
- a rear cover assembly comprising:
- a first glass cover member defining a surface texture that at least partially defines a first surface region of the rear cover assembly, the surface texture having:
- a root mean square height (Sg) in a range from 0.25 micrometers to 2 micrometers;
- and
- a root mean square slope (Sdg) in a range from 0.25 to less than 0.75;
- and
- a second glass cover member:
- at least partially defining a second surface region of the rear cover assembly that protrudes with respect to the first surface region;
- and
- defining a plurality of openings that extend through the second glass cover member;
- a camera assembly positioned below the second glass cover member and comprising a plurality of camera modules, each camera module of the plurality of camera modules extending into a respective opening of the plurality of openings;
- and
- a display positioned below the front cover assembly.
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A mobile phone comprising:
- a display;
- a set of camera modules;
- and
- an enclosure at least partially surrounding the display and the set of camera modules, the enclosure including:
- a first cover assembly positioned over the display and defining a front surface of the mobile phone;
- and
- a second cover assembly defining a rear surface of the mobile phone and comprising:
- a first glass cover member at least partially defines a textured first surface region of the second cover assembly, the textured first surface region producing a first amount of transmissive haze that is greater than or equal to 50%;
- a second glass cover member:
- coupled to the first glass cover member;
- at least partially defining a protrusion of the second cover assembly, the protrusion defining a second surface region of the second cover assembly that produces second amount of transmissive haze that is less than the first amount of transmissive haze;
- and
- defining a set of openings, each camera module of the set of camera modules extending into a respective opening of the set of openings;
- and
- a housing coupled to the first cover assembly and the second cover assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.